Here are some terms you can use with your students to create a common language for the classroom.
Blogosphere: the collective content of the blogs worldwide, taken as a whole. The terms may also refer to the subculture of the community as well as referring to the social network that the bloggers build.
Blogroach: A commenter on a blog who obnoxiously disagrees with any and everything posted, and does it as rudely as possible.
Blogstipation: The condition of being unable to think of anything to post on a blog.
Blogstorm: A large spike in activity, in terms of posting in the blogosphere, centering around a particular subject or controversy either online or offline.
Crud: Code that unintentionally appears within the body of a blog post, instead of applying whatever formatting or action it was intended to perform.
Dark Blog: A blog that is unavailable to the public, often hidden behind a firewall or registration barrier.
Flame: To post a hostile comment, often directed personally to another commenter or blogger and generally deliberately inflammatory or insulting. Flames are not meant to be constructive, add to a discussion, or persuade other commenters of a position.
Journal Blog: The most common form of a blog, usually presented as a personal diary or journal.
Linguablog: A blog that focuses on linguistics, translations, languages, or other language-related subjects.
Link: Using hypertext, a link is selectable connection from one work, picture, or information object to another.
Lurker: A reader of a blog who never comments or otherwise indicates his or her presence.
Netiquette: Etiquette for the Internet.
Post: A single unit of content on a blog, usually consisting of at least a title and text. A blog is made up of a collection of posts.
Thread: A series of posts on a specific topic.
Troll: A contributor to an online discussion whose purpose in posting is primarily to generate intense debate, often with intentionally inflammatory rhetoric.
Vlog: A video blog.
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Blogosphere: the collective content of the blogs worldwide, taken as a whole. The terms may also refer to the subculture of the community as well as referring to the social network that the bloggers build.
Blogroach: A commenter on a blog who obnoxiously disagrees with any and everything posted, and does it as rudely as possible.
Blogstipation: The condition of being unable to think of anything to post on a blog.
Blogstorm: A large spike in activity, in terms of posting in the blogosphere, centering around a particular subject or controversy either online or offline.
Crud: Code that unintentionally appears within the body of a blog post, instead of applying whatever formatting or action it was intended to perform.
Dark Blog: A blog that is unavailable to the public, often hidden behind a firewall or registration barrier.
Flame: To post a hostile comment, often directed personally to another commenter or blogger and generally deliberately inflammatory or insulting. Flames are not meant to be constructive, add to a discussion, or persuade other commenters of a position.
Journal Blog: The most common form of a blog, usually presented as a personal diary or journal.
Linguablog: A blog that focuses on linguistics, translations, languages, or other language-related subjects.
Link: Using hypertext, a link is selectable connection from one work, picture, or information object to another.
Lurker: A reader of a blog who never comments or otherwise indicates his or her presence.
Netiquette: Etiquette for the Internet.
Post: A single unit of content on a blog, usually consisting of at least a title and text. A blog is made up of a collection of posts.
Thread: A series of posts on a specific topic.
Troll: A contributor to an online discussion whose purpose in posting is primarily to generate intense debate, often with intentionally inflammatory rhetoric.
Vlog: A video blog.
If you'd like to download a document version you can photocopy, use the form below.